2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit
June 23-25, 2025 | Seattle, WA
Hyatt Regency Seattle
Minnie Ringland
Manager, Climate & Insights
ReFED
Bio:
Minnie Ringland serves as ReFED’s Manager of Climate & Insights, working to improve ReFED’s understanding of the environmental impacts of wasted food and translate these findings to empower partners and solution providers. She also supports key data and insights programs, including updates of ReFED’s Insights Engine and food business measurement and reporting.
Minnie is a lifelong member of the “Clean Plate Club” and has cultivated an interest in sustainable food systems since college, where she led the Food Action Student Club in tackling food waste and nutrition issues. She holds a master’s degree from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management (MESM) at UC Santa Barbara as well as a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Yale University.
Schedule
Wednesday, June 25
10:45am - 11:45am
[Breakout Session III] The Environmental Effect: The Nexus Between Surplus Food and Land, Biodiversity, Water, and Climate
The numbers are staggering—140 million acres of land, enough water for each American to shower seven times a day all year, the same emissions as driving 54 million cars annually—surplus food has an outsized impact on our natural resources and climate. Zeroing in on methane, 10% of emissions of this potent greenhouse gas come from surplus food, which is one reason why reducing unsold and uneaten food is a key strategy to pull the “emergency brake” on climate change. Join this session and hear how food loss and waste intersects with and impacts larger environmental pressures around land conversion, biodiversity, water, and methane.